M. Patrice Eiff: Fracture Management for Primary Care: 2nd EditionAnother "must-have." It features a fracture-by-fracture discussion of initial management, definitive management, which splint, which cast, when to re-examine, when to re-xray, and when to refer. Even if you choose not to provide definitive fracture care and casting, this book is still useful if only for the initial management section. (*****)

September 14, 2010

Uncertainty Lingers Over Aspirin and Diabetes

KEYSTONE, COLO. — A multidisciplinary position statement on aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease events in diabetic patients raises more questions than it answers, especially with regard to the appropriate course of action in adults with type 1 diabetes.